Now I have to tell you people about this Ban Guzzi guy. Yes, he did break a spoke, but it was on his carbon Pinarello! He posts in this forum because of a delusional state induced by too much purple dye in his Mohawk when he was in high school. He is actually 5'6", 135#. He is such a fanatic about weight that he has a carbon cap on one of his teeth. Those studded tires he ran last winter? Carbon studs with carbide inserts. His shorts are carbon and spandex. He wears only vintage Tour de France jerseys from the '40's and '50's.
That fixed-gear Panasonic? It is actually a steel lugged Colnago from 1982 with Campy Record components. Everything else he has posted is true.
Bill Shanks (compulsive liar)